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Growth Hormone Antibody Test

Alabama rates for HCPCS 86277

Looks for antibodies against growth hormone in a blood sample. The body can form these antibodies in response to growth hormone treatment, and in some people they interfere with how well the treatment works. The result helps explain a poor response to therapy.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Growth Hormone Antibody Test cost?

$16.22

Typical negotiated rate. In Alabama, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $16.22 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $14.45 from a physician practice, and about $18.20 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

These are rates insurers have negotiated with providers, not the amount a patient is billed. What you owe depends on your plan's deductible and coinsurance. Based on rates published by 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$14.45$12.88 to $18.20
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$18.20$15.85 to $19.05

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $18 · 10th to 90th $14 to $23Professionalmedian $14 · 10th to 90th $10 to $18
$10$20facility $18professional $14

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$23.99
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$18.20
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$22.91
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$16.22
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$50.12
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.92
Median
$9.55
Typical High
$56.23
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$14.13
Typical High
$19.50
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.61
Median
$9.33
Typical High
$21.88

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 2.6 times more in South Dakota than in Maryland. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Touch or drag across it to read any state, then open that state for its carriers and full range.

Alabama· 26th of 51

$16.22

SD $30.20MD $11.75

Median negotiated rate in each state, from every insurer that publishes one. States where no insurer publishes a rate for this service are not shown.